No, it's not Dubai--that's the skyline of Australia's Gold Coast, the beach strip at the southern end of Queensland that can best be described as down under's version of South Florida.

Both of those sculpted towers make up the new Peppers Broadbeach hotel, which welcomes its first guests this Sunday (ahead of a big splashy official opening early next year_. But this is more than just a new hotel opening--it's the Gold Coast's first five star accommodation to open in a decade.